Butler County to Break Ground on New Jail May 19
Butler County commissioners accepted architect bids and set May 19 at 10 a.m. for groundbreaking on a 1.323 million jail. Carl J. Conradt & Sons leads with 645,841 to finish the third floor, while subcontracts cover steel, kitchen, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical work.
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Riegel Journal
Hamilton
Butler County
Carl J. Conradt & Sons
Southern Steel Co
San Antonio
Tex
FW. Lotz Paper Co
Dayton
Hamilton Mechanical Contractors, Inc
Alright Electric Co
Fries & Sons
Covington, Ky
Harold J. Carpenter
Donald S. Bacon
Lima
Allen County
Car Looted From Estate Vehicle in Middletown Area
Christine Knepshield administratrix of Henry L. Thompson’s estate reported to Butler County deputies that $114.50 worth of fishing gear and other items were stolen from Thompson’s car parked at 340 Oxford State Road, south of Middletown, after his death on March 25.
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Christine Knepshield
Preble County Line Road
Henry L. Thompson
Butler County
Thompson
Oxford State Road
Middletown
Man Gets Life Term For House Break-In
A Butler County jury convicts Leroy Rogers of breaking into an inhabited home and found him guilty of burglary tools possession and an attempted break in at another house. The jury did not show mercy, mandating a life sentence. Rogers and Lonnie Hayes were arrested during a stakeout on November 23, 1968. Hayes had earlier pleaded guilty and received a mercy-extended sentence.
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Hamilton
Court of
Butler County Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Leroy Rogers
Long
Ohio
Rogers
Cramer
Lonnie A. Hayes
Nolan
Calif
Mark Sanders
Herman Drive
Robert L. Schute
Brookcrest Drive
Sanders
Hayes
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Bridge Opens on Peoria Reily Millville Road East End
A new bridge over Indian Creek at the east end of Reily opened today. Butler County engineer Stanley M. Perin said the Miller-Valentine Corp of Dayton won the contract on December 31 for construction work on the bridge.
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REILY
Peoria-Reily-Millville
Indian Creek
Stanley M. Perin
Butler County
Miller-Valentine Corp
Dayton
Surgeon Denton Cooley to Speak at Kettering Medical Center
Dr Denton A Cooley the surgeon who completed the world’s first artificial heart implant will lecture Sunday at Kettering Medical Center at 2 pm. The talk in National Hospital Week observance is open to the public with the topic Human Cardiac Transplantation Technical Moral Ethical. Dr Cooley is professor of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine Houston and chief of cardiovascular surgery at St Luke’s Texas Children’s Hospital.
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Denton A. Cooley
Kettering Medical Center
Cooley
Baylor University College of Medicine
Houston
Texas
St. Luke’s Texas Children's Hospital
Two Middletown Divisions Win Advertising Awards
Diamond National Corp divisions in Middletown win top honors from the Dayton Advertising Club. Diamond Packaging Products Division earns first for a retailer packaging folder and honorable mention for a sword shaped mailing piece with a grooming carton. Diamond Paperboard Division wins first for a paper trade ad series and third for a deck of oversized playing cards promoting paperboard properties. Entries were created by Oppenheim-Herminghausen-Clarke, Dayton ad agency handling both accounts.
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Middletown
Diamond National Corp
Dayton Advertising Club
Diamond Packaging Products
Diamond Paperboard
Oppenheim - Herminghausen- Clarke, Inc
McCall Corp Resumes Operations After Engineers Strike
The Mc Call Co. printing plant in Dayton Ohio returns to normal after a temporary halt caused by a strike by 17 operating engineers. About 4000 workers from other unions honored the picket lines then chose to work, while engineers continue the strike at the plant that prints several national magazines.
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Dayton, Ohio
McCall Co
Girl Scouts Hold Car Wash to Fund Camp Trip
Cadette Troop 101 to wash cars at St. Pauls United Church of Christ lot at Broad Street. The fundraiser runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a rain date of May 17. Proceeds help troop members attend camp in June. Leaders are Mrs. Fran Giltrow and Mrs. Joyce Thompson, with assistance from Mrs. Addie Thomas.
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Cadette Girl Scout Troop 101
St. Paul’s
Fran Giltrow
Joyce Thompson
Addie Thomas
First United Presbyterian Church
Suit Filed Over Damaged Motel Sign in Butler County
In Common Pleas Court James A. Poulins of 1802 Central Ave Middletown operator of the Hamilton A Middletown Brass Rail Restaurant Cocktail Lounge filed a $6746.80 damage suit against a tractor trailer outfit. The action cites an electric advertising sign knocked down by the tractor trailer at the Parkway Motel 2425 N Verity in Butler County on Aug.
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Common Pleas Court
James A. Poulins
Central Ave
Middletown
Hamilton
Brass Rail
Parkway
N. Verity
Butler County Parkway
advertising sign damage case ends in court dispute
A Dalton Georgia truck driver allegedly struck and destroyed a 4 by 8 foot outdoor advertising sign causing $6 000 in lost trade for Poulins restaurant and lounge and $746 80 for replacement costs The driver William L Millers Jr sought lodging costs for the night The text also defines a myrmecologist as an ant scientist.
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Poulins
William L. Millers
Dalton
Cadillacs Quiet Ride Delights After a Busy Day
After a long workday the Cadillac offers a luxurious escape with unmatched quietness. The car’s solid door sound and smooth steering and braking deliver a relaxing, distraction free experience, leaving the owner refreshed and ready for evening.
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Cadillac
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